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No Pocky for Kitty
No Pocky for Kitty (Remastered) by Superchunk Superchunk - No Pocky for Kitty (Bandcamp) Lately I've been looking for music with a certain energy. After overdosing on slowcore and more contemplative music, I need something to quicken the pulse. I've come back to an album that was
Can't Be Wrong
Sometimes prior art can serve as helpful comparisons for new work.
Mona Lisa
The Velvet Underground and Sunday School references in the same track.
Choosin' Texas
I have seen a few references to a song called “Choosin’ Texas” by an artist named Ella Langley beating out Mariah Carey for the longest-running No. 1 song of all time on the Billboard Hot 100. The surprise in all this is I’ve never heard of Ella Langley
Rina
New Season by Sylvie Sylvie - Rina (feat. Alex Amen) (Bandcamp) As someone born in the mid-seventies, I almost entered this world with a predisposition to like Sylvie, the project of Ben Schwab (Golden Daze, Drugdealer). The band was inspired by finding tape reels recorded by Schwab's father
Will You Dance?
The latest casualty of the streaming wars is The Bird and the Bee’s 2015 album Recreational Love, which unceremoniously disappeared from Qobuz sometime recently. The album still shows up, but lists all the tracks as “unavailable.” Usually this is a sign that the service has loaded a newer version
These Dreams
Nostaligia is a heck of a drug. Eighties nostalgia may be the most addictive.
The Wagon
A Saturday Night Video from the beginning of the alternative music surge.
Dream Shake
An under-the-radar band that nevertheless turned in a lovely dreampop performance for tonight's Saturday Night Video.
R.I.P Dave Kendall
Dave Kendall, creator and host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has passed away. The British-born Kendall conceived 120 Minutes after joining MTV as a producer, pitching the network a dedicated program for the punk, post-punk, goth, synth-pop, ska, and other underground sounds largely ignored by corporate rock